Alabama News

Pfizer Inc. got some rare good news out of Alabama on Thursday, when the state's high court agreed to revisit its controversial ruling that brand-name drug companies can be held liable for injuries caused by generic versions of their drugs manufactured by third parties.

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled in a decision published this month that an arbitration agreement, which provides it is controlled by the Federal Arbitration Act, is enforceable in state courts.

Can a drug company be held liable for damages caused by generic drugs it didn't produce? That's the expansive new theory of "innovator liability" on parade in Alabama, where a recent ruling by the state Supreme Court could do damage throughout the U.S. economy.

Legislation that would help protect Airbus from lawsuits resulting from accidents involving planes built at the new plant in Mobile is riding a fast track in the Alabama Legislature.

Business groups are urging Alabama's highest court to reconsider its recent ruling that name-brand drug makers can be held liable for injuries caused by the generic versions of their products.

Brand-name drug companies have launched a last-ditch effort to undo a state court's ruling that they are liable for injuries caused by generic drugs they didn't manufacture.

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a patient could sue a brand-name company for failing to warn about a drug’s risks even though he had taken a generic version of the product that the company did not make.

Pfizer Inc.’s top executive must testify in court about claims the company’s anti-smoking drug Chantix causes depression and other psychiatric disorders, a lawyer for an Alabama man suing over the medication said.